Questions for Lecture 5:  Biochemistry: Electron Transport and
        Photophophorylation

•  By the end of your preparation on this topic, you should be able to:

    © 1. Discuss the pathway of electron transfer from water molecules, in chloroplast membranes, 
               to the electron acceptor Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate (abbreviated as 
               NADP+).

    © 2. Discuss the ³clock² mechanism by which oxygen molecules are released by plants.

    © 3. Discuss how the energy currency of life Adenosine Tri Phosphate (abbreviated as ATP) is 
               made by chloroplast membranes.

 
    © 4. Describe to your parents/friends why the following were awarded Nobel prizes in 
               Chemistry: (1) P. Mitchell, 1978;  (2) H. Michel, J. Deisenhofer and R . Huber, 1988; 
            (3) P. Boyer and J.E. Walker, 1997.
 
• Outline of presentation :
            For outline of presentation and for the legends of figures, see  the Handbook for the course "Biology 121 Notes, Spring, 1998, University of Illinois, Plant Biology: Ecology and Organismic Plant Biology" by Govindjee, Stipes  Publishing, Champaign,IL.
 
    © Slides used in the class are to be found elsewhere on these Web pages.